Words and music
By: edited by John Williamson
Contributors: Williamson, John, 1949-
Series: Liverpool Music Symposium -- 3; Liverpool Music Symposium (Series) -- 3
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Music and literature -- Congresses; Music in literature -- Congresses; Vocal music -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: The essays included in this volume tackle the study of words and music from a number of standpoints, examining artists as diverse as Eminem, Patti Smith and Arnold Schoenberg.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Mimesis, gesture, and parody in musical word-setting / Derek B. Scott; title: Rhetoric and music : the influence of a linguistic art / Jasmin Cameron; title: Eminem : difficult dialogics / David Clarke; title: Artistry, expediency or irrelevance? : English choral translators and their work / Judith Blezard; title: Pyramids, symbols, and butterflies : "Nacht" from Pierrot Lunaire / John Williamson; title: Music and text in Schoenberg's A survivor from Warsaw / Bhesham Sharma; title: Rethinking the relationship between words and music for the twentieth century : the strange case of Erik Satie / Robert Orledge; title: "Breaking up is hard to do" : issues of coherence and fragmentation in post-1950 vocal music / James Wishart; title: Writing for your supper : creative work and the contexts of popular songwriting / Mike Jones